JONES Thomas E.
   Department   Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University  College of Sustainability and Tourism
   Position   Professor
Language English
Publication Date 2012/01
Type Research paper (Academic/Professional Journal)
Peer Review Peer reviewed
Title A life cycle analysis of nature-based tourism policy in Japan.
Contribution Type Single Work
Journal Contemporary Japan
Volume, Issue, Page 24(2),pp.179-211
Details This paper uses Butler’s Tourism Area Life Cycle (TALC) model to track the rise and fall of nature-based tourism (NBT) in Japan through six stages of nature park visitation from “Exploration” to the post-stagnation stages of either “Decline” or “Rejuvenation”.
DOI 10.1515/cj-2012-0009
ISSN 1869-2729